For urgent needs following Hurricane Ida and the subsequent power outage in Louisiana, applicants must register for FEMA assistance by this Sunday, Sept 12. FEMA officials have said that extended power outages should qualify people for evacuation assistance.
New Orleans customers still lacking power may have electric damage to their properties they need to fix themselves, Entergy executives said.
Due to cost and timing, the company is rebuilding the grid the way it was before, with overhead wires rather than underground wires, which are more resilient to hurricane damage.
NOLA Public Schools hopes to see students return between Sept. 15 and Sept. 22.
In some parishes with mandatory evacuation orders, sheriffs chose to keep their jails full. Civil rights groups are asking the state to take a more active role in decision-making.
A ‘Healthy Homes Ordinance’ considered by the New Orleans City Council in 2015 and 2017 went nowhere following criticism, legal concerns.
In the entire region, 58 percent of Entergy customers who lost power have been restored.
Housing advocates asked Edwards to suspend proceedings in the wake of Hurricane Ida last week.
State shelters are performing COVID tests. But testing is currently scarce in the city.
Schools must clean their freezers and restock food in advance of students returning. NOLA Public Schools will provide an update Tuesday.
